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The Cardinals must get two left-handed relievers to fill a hole that was huge this year and a veteran right-handed reliever to hold the fort until young fireballing RHPs Chris Perez and Jason Motte. And they must upgrade their offense at second base and shortstop.
FREE AGENTS: OF Juan Encarnacion, SS Cesar Izturis, C Jason LaRue, INF Felipe Lopez, RHP Jason Isringhausen, RHP Braden Looper, LHP Ron Villone, LHP Mark Mulder, RHP Russ Springer.
The Cardinals have largest interest in re-signing Lopez and some interest in Looper, Izurtis and Isringhausen.
ARBITRATION-ELIGIBLE: OF Rick Ankiel, OF Ryan Ludwick, INF Aaron Miles, LHP Randy Flores, LHP Tyler Johnson, RHP Todd Wellemeyer.
Ankiel, Miles and Wellemeyer are the most significant cases because all can be free agents at the end of next season. Ankiel and Wellemeyer, especially, could command big money.
IN LIMBO: 2B Adam Kennedy already has asked to be traded and will be accommodated. OF Chris Duncan might be dealt, too, but he was sidelined with a disk problem in his neck in the second half of the season and must prove he is healthy before the club would consider moving him. INF Brendan Ryan appears to have worn out his welcome, and RHP Joel Pineiro could be moved if the Cardinals acquire starting pitching help.
MEDICAL WATCH:
RHP Chris Carpenter (nerve issue affecting right shoulder) may have offseason surgery.
1B Albert Pujols (sore right elbow) will have an MRI, although it is hoped he can postpone surgery until perhaps after next season. In 2009, he is expected to play for the Dominican Republic team in the World Baseball Classic and is likely be chosen to play in the first All-Star Game in St. Louis in 43 years.
RHP Jason Isringhausen (flexor tendon surgery in September 2008) already was rehabbing before the season ended.
OF Rick Ankiel (abdominal surgery in September 2008) was recovering at season's end.
OF Joe Mather (left wrist surgery in September 2008) should be ready for spring training.
OF Chris Duncan (neck surgery in August 2008) should be ready for spring training.
LHP Randy Flores (left shoulder surgery in September 2008) should be ready for spring training.
LHP Jaime Garcia (Tommy John elbow surgery in September 2008) likely will miss all or nearly all of the 2009 season.
LHP Tyler Johnson (left shoulder surgery in May 2008) missed the rest of the 2008 season.
Player Stats
HITTERS
Rick Ankiel, CF
BA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB
Last Game .250 4 0 1 0 0 0 0 0
Last 7 Games .150 20 2 3 0 0 1 3 0
Season .264 413 65 109 21 2 25 71 2
Brian Barden, 3B
BA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB
Last Game .000 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Last 7 Games .222 9 0 2 0 0 0 1 0
Season .222 9 0 2 0 0 0 1 0
Brian Barton, LF
BA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB
Last Game .000 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0
Last 7 Games .133 15 2 2 0 0 0 0 0
Season .268 153 23 41 9 2 2 13 3
Mitchell Boggs, P
BA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB
Last Game .000 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Last 7 Games .000 8 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Season .000 8 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Chris Carpenter, P
BA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB
Last Game .000 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Last 7 Games .000 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Season .000 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Chris Duncan, LF
BA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB
Last Game .000 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Last 7 Games .318 22 2 7 1 0 0 3 0
Season .248 222 26 55 8 0 6 27 2
Randy Flores, P
BA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB
Last Game .000 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Last 7 Games .000 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Season .000 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Ryan Franklin, P
BA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB
Last Game .000 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Last 7 Games .000 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Season .000 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Jaime Garcia, P
BA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB
Last Game .000 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Last 7 Games .000 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Season .000 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Troy Glaus, 3B
BA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB
Last Game .200 5 1 1 0 0 1 1 0
Last 7 Games .333 24 2 8 1 0 2 6 0
Season .270 544 69 147 33 1 27 99 0
Jason Isringhausen, P
BA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB
Last Game .000 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Last 7 Games .000 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Season .000 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Cesar Izturis, SS
BA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB
Last Game .200 5 1 1 0 0 0 1 0
Last 7 Games .500 22 5 11 0 1 0 5 3
Season .263 414 50 109 10 3 1 24 24
Kelvin Jimenez, P
BA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB
Last Game .000 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Last 7 Games .000 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Season .000 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Mark Johnson, C
BA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB
Last Game .500 2 0 1 0 0 0 1 0
Last 7 Games .250 16 1 4 0 0 0 1 0
Season .294 17 1 5 0 0 0 2 0
Adam Kennedy, 2B
BA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB
Last Game .000 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Last 7 Games .500 16 7 8 1 3 0 1 0
Season .280 339 42 95 17 4 2 36 7
Josh Kinney, P
BA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB
Last Game .000 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Last 7 Games .000 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Season .000 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Jason LaRue, C
BA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB
Last Game .000 3 1 0 0 0 0 0 0
Last 7 Games .059 17 1 1 0 0 0 2 0
Season .213 164 17 35 8 1 4 21 0
Kyle Lohse, P
BA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB
Last Game .500 2 1 1 0 0 0 0 0
Last 7 Games .286 14 1 4 1 0 0 1 0
Season .111 63 1 7 1 0 0 5 0
Braden Looper, P
BA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB
Last Game .667 3 0 2 0 1 0 1 0
Last 7 Games .167 12 0 2 0 1 0 1 0
Season .254 63 5 16 3 1 0 4 0
Felipe Lopez, 2B
BA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB
Last Game .800 5 2 4 2 0 0 3 0
Last 7 Games .548 31 10 17 3 0 1 7 1
With Was .234 325 34 76 20 0 2 25 4
Ryan Ludwick, RF
BA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB
Last Game .667 3 1 2 1 0 1 3 0
Last 7 Games .429 21 4 9 1 0 3 10 0
With NLS .000 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Joe Mather, RF
BA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB
Last Game .500 2 1 1 0 0 1 1 0
Last 7 Games .200 15 3 3 2 0 1 3 0
Season .241 133 20 32 7 0 8 18 1
Kyle McClellan, P
BA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB
Last Game .000 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Last 7 Games .000 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Season .000 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Aaron Miles, 2B
BA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB
Last Game .000 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Last 7 Games .462 13 3 6 0 0 0 1 1
Season .317 379 49 120 15 2 4 31 3
Yadier Molina, C
BA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB
Last Game .000 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Last 7 Games .235 17 0 4 0 0 0 1 0
Season .304 444 37 135 18 0 7 56 0
Jason Motte, P
BA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB
Last Game .000 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Last 7 Games .000 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Season .000 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Mark Mulder, P
BA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB
Last Game .000 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Last 7 Games .000 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Season .000 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Mike Parisi, P
BA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB
Last Game .500 2 0 1 1 0 0 2 0
Last 7 Games .333 3 0 1 1 0 0 2 0
Season .250 4 0 1 1 0 0 2 0
Chris Perez, P
BA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB
Last Game .000 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Last 7 Games .000 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Season .000 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Josh Phelps, 1B
BA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB
Last Game .500 2 1 1 1 0 0 0 0
Last 7 Games .182 11 3 2 1 0 0 0 0
Season .265 34 4 9 1 0 0 1 0
Joel Pineiro, P
BA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB
Last Game .000 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Last 7 Games .071 14 0 1 1 0 0 1 0
Season .098 51 3 5 3 0 0 4 0
Albert Pujols, 1B
BA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB
Last Game .500 2 0 1 1 0 0 1 0
Last 7 Games .588 17 6 10 2 0 3 10 0
With NLS .667 3 0 2 0 0 0 0 0
Brendan Ryan, SS
BA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB
Last Game .500 4 2 2 0 0 0 1 0
Last 7 Games .214 14 3 3 0 0 0 1 1
Season .244 197 30 48 9 0 0 10 7
Skip Schumaker, LF
BA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB
Last Game .000 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Last 7 Games .238 21 2 5 0 0 0 1 0
Season .302 540 87 163 22 5 8 46 8
Russ Springer, P
BA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB
Last Game .000 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Last 7 Games .000 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Season .000 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Nick Stavinoha, LF
BA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB
Last Game .000 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Last 7 Games .188 16 0 3 0 0 0 0 0
Season .193 57 4 11 1 0 0 4 0
Brad Thompson, P
BA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB
Last Game .500 2 1 1 0 0 0 0 0
Last 7 Games .400 5 2 2 0 0 0 0 1
Season .250 12 2 3 0 0 0 2 1
Ron Villone, P
BA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB
Last Game .000 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Last 7 Games .000 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Season .000 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Adam Wainwright, P
BA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB
Last Game .000 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Last 7 Games .350 20 2 7 1 0 0 3 0
Season .267 60 5 16 2 0 1 6 0
Rico Washington, 3B
BA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB
Last Game .500 2 0 1 1 0 0 1 0
Last 7 Games .077 13 1 1 1 0 0 1 0
Season .158 19 2 3 2 0 0 3 0
Todd Wellemeyer, P
BA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB
Last Game .500 2 0 1 0 0 0 1 0
Last 7 Games .143 14 0 2 0 0 0 1 0
Season .155 58 2 9 0 0 0 5 0
Mark Worrell, P
BA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB
Last Game .000 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Last 7 Games .500 2 1 1 0 0 1 3 0
Season .500 2 1 1 0 0 1 3 0
PITCHERS
Mitchell Boggs, P
ERA W L Sv G IP H ER HR BB K
Last Game 9.00 0 0 0 1 1 2 1 0 1 0
Last 7 Games 13.50 0 2 0 3 11.1 20 17 2 11 3
Season 7.41 3 2 0 8 34 42 28 5 22 13
Chris Carpenter, P
ERA W L Sv G IP H ER HR BB K
Last Game 0.00 0 0 0 1 1 2 0 0 0 1
Last 7 Games 1.59 0 1 0 3 11.1 11 2 0 2 5
Season 1.76 0 1 0 4 15.1 16 3 0 4 7
Randy Flores, P
ERA W L Sv G IP H ER HR BB K
Last Game 27.00 0 0 0 1 0.1 1 1 1 0 1
Last 7 Games 20.25 0 0 0 3 1.1 4 3 1 2 2
Season 5.26 1 0 1 43 25.2 34 15 2 20 17
Ryan Franklin, P
ERA W L Sv G IP H ER HR BB K
Last Game 0.00 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0
Last 7 Games 6.75 1 0 1 3 2.2 4 2 1 0 0
Season 3.55 6 6 17 74 78.2 86 31 10 30 51
Jaime Garcia, P
ERA W L Sv G IP H ER HR BB K
Last Game 27.00 0 0 0 1 1 2 3 1 2 0
Last 7 Games 18.00 0 0 0 3 3 7 6 2 4 0
Season 5.63 1 1 0 10 16 14 10 4 8 8
Jason Isringhausen, P
ERA W L Sv G IP H ER HR BB K
Last Game 0.00 0 0 0 1 1 1 0 0 1 1
Last 7 Games 0.00 0 0 0 3 4 4 0 0 1 6
Season 5.70 1 5 12 42 42.2 48 27 5 22 36
Kelvin Jimenez, P
ERA W L Sv G IP H ER HR BB K
Last Game 9.00 0 0 0 1 1 1 1 1 1 0
Last 7 Games 11.25 0 0 0 3 4 6 5 1 4 3
Season 5.63 0 0 0 15 24 28 15 5 15 11
Josh Kinney, P
ERA W L Sv G IP H ER HR BB K
Last Game 0.00 0 0 0 1 1 1 0 0 0 2
Last 7 Games 0.00 0 0 0 3 3 1 0 0 1 3
Season 0.00 0 0 0 7 7 3 0 0 1 8
Kyle Lohse, P
ERA W L Sv G IP H ER HR BB K
Last Game 4.50 1 0 0 1 6 7 3 2 1 3
Last 7 Games 4.00 2 0 0 3 18 21 8 2 5 13
Season 3.78 15 6 0 33 200 211 84 18 49 119
Braden Looper, P
ERA W L Sv G IP H ER HR BB K
Last Game 5.14 0 0 0 1 7 7 4 1 1 6
Last 7 Games 5.40 0 2 0 3 20 22 12 1 3 17
Season 4.16 12 14 0 33 199 216 92 25 45 108
Kyle McClellan, P
ERA W L Sv G IP H ER HR BB K
Last Game 9.00 0 0 0 1 1 1 1 0 1 0
Last 7 Games 10.80 0 0 0 3 3.1 3 4 0 3 0
Season 4.04 2 7 1 68 75.2 79 34 7 26 59
Aaron Miles, 2B
ERA W L Sv G IP H ER HR BB K
Last Game 0.00 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0
Last 7 Games 0.00 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0
Season 0.00 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0
Jason Motte, P
ERA W L Sv G IP H ER HR BB K
Last Game 0.00 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 2 1
Last 7 Games 0.00 0 0 0 3 3 1 0 0 2 3
Season 0.82 0 0 1 12 11 5 1 0 3 16
Mark Mulder, P
ERA W L Sv G IP H ER HR BB K
Last Game 0.00 0 0 0 1 0.1 0 0 0 2 1
Last 7 Games 10.80 0 0 0 3 1.2 4 2 0 2 2
Season 10.80 0 0 0 3 1.2 4 2 0 2 2
Mike Parisi, P
ERA W L Sv G IP H ER HR BB K
Last Game 13.50 0 1 0 1 0.2 1 1 0 3 0
Last 7 Games 15.43 0 2 0 3 4.2 13 8 1 7 1
Season 8.22 0 4 0 12 23 37 21 2 15 13
Chris Perez, P
ERA W L Sv G IP H ER HR BB K
Last Game 0.00 0 0 0 1 1 2 0 1 0 2
Last 7 Games 0.00 0 0 0 3 2.1 3 0 1 2 3
Season 3.46 3 3 7 41 41.2 34 16 5 22 42
Joel Pineiro, P
ERA W L Sv G IP H ER HR BB K
Last Game 3.86 1 0 0 1 7 3 3 1 2 7
Last 7 Games 6.88 1 2 0 3 17 17 13 2 5 14
Season 5.15 7 7 1 26148.2 180 85 22 35 81
Russ Springer, P
ERA W L Sv G IP H ER HR BB K
Last Game 0.00 0 0 0 1 0.1 0 0 0 0 0
Last 7 Games 0.00 0 0 0 3 1.2 0 0 0 0 1
Season 2.32 2 1 0 70 50.1 39 13 4 18 45
Brad Thompson, P
ERA W L Sv G IP H ER HR BB K
Last Game 5.40 1 0 0 1 5 4 3 1 1 1
Last 7 Games 8.10 1 1 0 3 10 13 9 1 2 1
Season 5.15 6 3 0 26 64.2 72 37 5 19 32
Ron Villone, P
ERA W L Sv G IP H ER HR BB K
Last Game 0.00 0 0 0 1 0.2 0 0 0 0 1
Last 7 Games 0.00 0 0 0 3 1.1 0 0 0 0 2
Season 4.68 1 2 1 74 50 45 26 4 37 50
Adam Wainwright, P
ERA W L Sv G IP H ER HR BB K
Last Game 3.00 1 0 0 1 6 7 2 0 5 2
Last 7 Games 6.00 2 0 0 3 15 20 10 0 10 10
Season 3.20 11 3 0 20 132 122 47 12 34 91
Todd Wellemeyer, P
ERA W L Sv G IP H ER HR BB K
Last Game 4.26 1 0 0 1 6.1 7 3 0 1 3
Last 7 Games 4.42 1 2 0 3 18.1 20 9 4 7 16
Season 3.71 13 9 0 32191.2 178 79 25 62 134
Mark Worrell, P
ERA W L Sv G IP H ER HR BB K
Last Game 13.50 0 0 0 1 2 4 3 1 0 3
Last 7 Games 9.64 0 1 0 3 4.2 7 5 1 3 4
Season 7.94 0 1 0 4 5.2 8 5 1 4 4
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